a few hundred kilometers away sean and panic. after more than two years of conflict, seems like this are a regular occurrence in many parts of syria. the president obama will act without one of the closest allies and friends he has already said there are core interests at stake for the united states, and that country whose violate international norms regarding chemical weapons need to be held accountable. simon mcgregor, london. started by asking james what the reaction had been to the vote. >> the u.n. is shocked that the loyal britts who safed by the americans in iraq and after dan stan will not be involved in this. are going to support this military action at the time. when he was speaking it looked as though there was a plan, a short path, a short attack, it looks like that is unraveling now. >> what does it mean for the possibility of the attack. >> they tried that again, they sat down with the other permanent numbers. looks like there's no way that russia is going to budge. the other problem is there was weapons inspectors